Shoe-cleaner.



PATENTED APR. 28, 1903.

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SHOE CLEANER.

- APPLICATION FILED JAN. 30, 1903.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WARD G. OALLENDER, OF .PLAINFIELD, IOWA.

SHOE-CLEANER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 726,634, dated April28, 1903.

Application filed January 30, 1903. Serial No. 141,137. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WARD G; CALLENDER,a citizen of the United States,residing at Plainfield, in the county of Bremer and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Cleaners, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference beingbad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof. 7

My invention has relation to improvements in shoe-cleaners; and itconsists in the novel construction of device more fully set forth in thespecification and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device, showing theshoe applied thereto. Fig. 2 isa side elevation showing the parts intheir normal position. Fig. 3 is a top plan thereof. Fig.4 is an endelevation, and Fig. 5 is a vertical section on line 5 5 of Fig. 2.

The object of my invention is to construct a shoe-cleaner which will notonly effectively remove the dirt from the sides of the shoe, but serveas a scraper for the bottom of the shoe. In detail the invention may bedescribed as follows:

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a frame adapted to be secured tothe fioor or pavement, and 2 a beveled scraping-plate on which thebottom of the shoe can be cleaned. Secured to each end of the frame 1and surmounting the scraper 2 is a bow-shaped spring 3, the adjacentfree ends of the springs being forked and embracing the scraper 2, Fig.5,

whereby lateral displacement or deflection of the springs is prevented.The outer adjacent faces of the springs 3 are provided with brushes 4,whose surfaces diverge from one another to allow for the free insertionbetween them of the shoe S, the resiliency of the springs 3 permittingthe latter to yield and become compressed, the forked ends of thesprings guiding said springs along the scraper in such compression. Thebrushes serve to clean the sides of the shoe, after which the personscrapes the bottom of the shoe against the beveled edge of the plate 2and the shoe is completely cleaned.

I do not of course wish to belimited to the details here shown, as thesemay bedeparted WARD G. OALLENDER.

Witnesses:

ANNA I. MOODY, G. S. HARDING.

